CVE-2017-15024

MEDIUM

GNU Binutils - Infinite Loop

Title source: rule

Description

find_abstract_instance_name in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

References (3)

[Patch] https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=52a93b95ec0771c97e26f0bb28630a271a667bd2

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/10/03/binutils-infinite-loop-in-find_abstract_instance_name-dwarf2-c/

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22187

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0043

EPSS Percentile 61.9%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-835

Status draft

Affected Products (1)

gnu/binutils

Timeline

Published Oct 05, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026